datetime get time now code example

Example 1: python print time

import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()
print (now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
# key: https://strftime.org/

Example 2: print time python

from datetime import datetime

now = datetime.now().time() # time object

print("now =", now)
print("type(now) =", type(now))

Example 3: use datetime python to get runtime

from datetime import datetime

start = datetime.now()
# code ...
print(datetime.now()-start)